Cairo, Eygpt is a city of 16 million people and is suffering from all the typical problems associated with rapid urbanisation. They used a large site and service scheme to improve the live of the residents of Cairo.
Problems:
16 million people and very densely populated
Shortage of funds
Very narrow streets
Traffic congestion at peak times
Limited refuse collection
Inadequate housing stock – people living on tops of flats
Crumbling sewers dating from 1910
Air pollution
Urban sprawl with the houses spreading into the desert near the pyramids
Solutions
Massive new ring road to reduce congestion
Satellite towns as part of a site and service scheme
Cairo metro system the first of its kind in Africa
Zabaleen collect rubbish through the narrow streets from both wealthy areas and squatter settlements
40 new satellite towns to house 15 million people
New towns have schools, hospitals and modern facilities
Cairo, Eygpt is a city of 16 million people and is suffering from all the typical problems associated with rapid urbanisation. They used a large site and service scheme to improve the live of the residents of Cairo.
Problems:
- 16 million people and very densely populated
- Shortage of funds
- Very narrow streets
- Traffic congestion at peak times
- Limited refuse collection
- Inadequate housing stock – people living on tops of flats
- Crumbling sewers dating from 1910
- Air pollution
- Urban sprawl with the houses spreading into the desert near the pyramids
Solutions